The chef has influenced a younger generation in Singapore, too. Executive chefs at three of the new one-star restaurants in the 2017 Michelin Guide Singapore (Meta, Whitegrass and Cheek By Jowl) have also worked under Wakuda's guidance at Waku Ghin.

Chef Tetsuya Wakuda at Waku Ghin, Singapore. Photo: Supplied

Joel Robuchon Restaurant at Resort World Sentosa remains the only Singapore restaurant to receive three Michelin stars.

All restaurants in the guide, according to Michelin, are visited anonymously by its reviewers and paid for independently.

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Burnt Ends helmed by Australian chef David Pynt, did not receive a Michelin star, in spite of it placing at 53rd on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list in April (the list publishes all placeholders from 1-100).

The only other Singapore restaurants that appear on the current World's 50 Best list are Restaurant Andre at number 14 and Odette at number 86.